The Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board will meet on Wednesday afternoon to decide whether or not Seattle High School Memorial Stadium at Seattle Center should be designated as a city landmark.
The 1947 stadium, built as what one newspaper described at the time as a “permanent” tribute to more than 800 Seattle Public Schools alums who died in World War II, has long been neglected by the school district,Plans were recently announced by the school district, in partnership with the City of Seattle and a private group, to replace Memorial Stadium with an entirely new facility and keep only the words “Memorial Stadium” as part of a naming rights deal that will help generate revenue for the...
The landmark nomination, a lengthy document prepared by consultants who were hired by Seattle Public Schools, was found to beand context of Memorial Stadium as a public gathering place for high school sports, as site of Seattle’s first TV broadcast in 1948, as home to opening and closing ceremonies and other World’s Fair events in 1962, as home to the Seattle Sounders’ inaugural season in 1974, and the venue hosted dozens of concerts by local and national artists.
To extrapolate a bit, why would any structure where events and gatherings happen inside, be it a home, a school, a theatre, and so on, be considered significant then? KIRO Newsradio reached out to the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods staff early Wednesday for comment and reaction to these specific concerns in advance of today’s meeting.
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